Improvement in cotton-seed planters



N. B. SHERWOOD.

Cotton-Planter Patented June 5, 1866'.

F a Q NVPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASl-HNGTBNv D. C.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

N. B. SHERWOOD, OF MILLVILLE, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,373, dated June 5,1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, N. B. SHERWOOD, ofMillville, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of mymachine, a portion of the case A being broken away so as to show therelative arrangement of the separating brush-roller B, discharge-rollerU, and the distributing or delivery belt D. Fig. 2 is a plan or top viewof the same with the cover E removed. The arrows indicate the directionin which the parts revolve.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

This invention relates more especially to my 4 former application, filedFebruary 21, 1866;

and it consists in the application of a separating brush-roller atornearthe top otthe toothed delivery-belt, the tut'ts of bristles in theroller being so disposed as to sweep between the clusters of teeth inthe delivery-belt for the purpose of eii'ecting a more perfect anduniform delivery of the seed.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe itsconstruction and operation.

I use the same case A as that shown in my former application. Thetoothed endless belt 1) and the revolving brush or discharge-roller Oare the same as those presented in my former application, and the caseor cases (for several may be usedin a machine) are applied in the samemanner. There should be as many cases A attached to each machine as thenumber of rows of seed which it is desired to plant. The

connection between the ground or driving Wheels of the machine and themoving parts of this case may be made to the end E of the shaft of thelower belt-roller. (Shown by dotted lines G, Fig. 1.)

I arrange the clusters of teeth t, as before, diagonally across the beltD, with a space of one tooth (more or less) between the clusters. Thedischarge-roller (J may be constructed the same; but I now arrange it atthe top of the belt, as intimated in my former application.

The revolving separator-brush B, I have 'su bstituted for the formerstationary brush designed to accomplish the same thing, The bristles inthis roller or brush are arranged to sweep between the clusters ofteeth, and it being run in the same direction with the belt 1), so thatat the point where the bristles and belt inpinge they are moving inopposite di rections and at a considerably-increased speed, the quantityof seed carried out by each cluster of teeth is made "cry definite anduniform.

It might be desirable to use full rows of bristles longitudinally inthis roller and shorten those sections of the rows that would sweep overthe teeth t.

The dotted lines at J represent the adjustable back.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, isvThe employment of therevolving separatorbrush B, arranged and operatingin combination with the toothed delivery-belt D, substantiall y as andfor the purposes herein shown and described.

N. B. SHERWOOD.

Witnesses WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH, EDWIN OoYE.

